regulär

[ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]

/[ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“regulär” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,698
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Regeln, Vorschriften oder einer Ordnung entsprechend

Corpus desk

Index DE-regular · regulär · German

regulär · rank #17,698 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,698
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Razzia

Nearest frequency peer: Razzia (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „regulär“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „regulär“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

regulär vs reguläre
88% similar
regulär vs regulären
78% similar
regulär vs regulärer
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for regulär
PropertyValue
Headwordregulär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,698
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „regulär“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).regulärliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Razzia“ (#17,697), „rene“ (#17,700), „Rangliste“ (#17,695). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „regulär“ bei #17,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around regulär (IPA [ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,698 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for regulär, with forms such as "ergulär", "reggulär", and "regluär". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "reguläre", "regulären", "regulärer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is regulär, spelled R-E-G-U-L-Ä-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Regeln, Vorschriften oder einer Ordnung entsprechend
  2. 2
    den gewöhnlichen Umständen entsprechend
  3. 3
    eine Regelmäßigkeit besitzend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how regulär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nach der regulären Spielzeit von 90 Minuten kann es noch eine Verlängerung geben.
  2. Nach der Messe gelten die regulären Preise wieder.

Antonyms

irregulär

This word in other languages

regular(English)regular(Español)regular(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ergulär
  • reggulär
  • regluär
  • regullär
  • regulrä
  • regulärr
  • reguälr
  • reuglär
  • rgeulär
  • rregulär

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regulär - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ergulär2reggulär1regluär2regullär1regulrä2regulärr1reguälr2reuglär2
Edit distance from "regulär"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regulär"?
"regulär" is spelled R-E-G-U-L-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯].
What does "regulär" mean?
As an adjective, "regulär" means: den Regeln, Vorschriften oder einer Ordnung entsprechend
What words are commonly confused with "regulär"?
"regulär" is commonly confused with "reguläre", "regulären", "regulärer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regulär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regulär" is [ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regulär" come from?
"regulär" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regulär", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

restlos#17,701Ricardo#17,702riskant#17,703Romanen#17,704

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ordnete10 variantsOrangen10 variantsStatuen10 variantsString10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list